Original God, But It's a Chat Group

After giving Dvalin a thorough beating, Li Yue successfully knocked him unconscious.

Venti and Nahida watched the entire process of Dvalin getting beaten up. Throughout it all, Nahida kept nodding and sighing in amazement. "So this is how you solve it? That's amazing..."

Meanwhile, Venti's features were practically twisted together. All he could think about was how to placate Dvalin after Li Yue and Nahida left—especially how to keep Dvalin from beating him up.

After successfully knocking Dvalin out, Li Yue controlled the enormous Wood Person to carry Dvalin over with one hand and approach Venti and Nahida.

"So, this is how you fight giant powerful enemies, Nahida. Did you learn it?"

Li Yue jumped down from the Wood Person's shoulder and smiled as he asked Nahida.

"Yes, Li Yue, I've completely learned it!"

"As expected of my genius daughter. You learned it at a glance!"

Li Yue happily patted Nahida's little head.

"Venti, I'll leave Dvalin to you. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to have the Wood Person carry him all the way through Mondstadt. I didn't hit him that hard, so he's fine. He's only unconscious. When he wakes up, please thank him for me."

"Haha, leave it to me."

Venti patted his chest and promised.

Li Yue nodded in satisfaction, controlled the Wood Person to put Dvalin down, then dismissed it. Under his control, the huge Wood Person transformed into countless trees that merged with the surrounding ground, forcefully turning the area into a forest.

"Then we'll head back first."

Li Yue drew Enma's Blade from his waist and slashed open a Portal leading to Mondstadt. He took Nahida through it, leaving Venti alone to face Dvalin sprawled on the ground.

Venti had been smiling as he watched Li Yue leave, but the instant the Portal closed, his expression changed. He trudged bitterly over to Dvalin's side. Seeing Dvalin lying there with his face tilted sideways, tongue hanging out, and Byakugan showing, Venti's features twisted up again.

"Ugh... what am I supposed to do now?"

Ignoring how Venti would explain things to Dvalin afterward, Li Yue had already returned to Mondstadt City with Nahida. They immediately ran into Blondie and the emergency food, who were heading out of the city.

"Huh? Isn't that Li Yue and Nahida? Hi!"

When Paimon saw Li Yue, she happily flew over and waved.

"Hello, Paimon. And Traveler."

Blondie placed her right hand over her chest and nodded at Li Yue and Nahida.

Got it, she was greeting us!

Li Yue understood Lumine's meaning and returned the nod.

"Did you just get back from outside?"

Paimon asked curiously.

"Yes, we just got back. Are you heading out?"

"That's right. We accepted a commission from Grand Master Jean, so we're heading out."

"A commission from Grand Master Jean?"

Li Yue looked at Paimon curiously. As expected, Paimon did not disappoint him and immediately spilled everything.

"That's right. There was suddenly an explosion at Gazing Star Cliff in Mondstadt earlier, and the situation is really strange. Grand Master Jean originally sent Kaeya to investigate, but something came up while he was looking into it, so he had to leave. Then Grand Master Jean handed the investigation at Gazing Star Cliff over to us."

"There was an explosion at Gazing Star Cliff?"

Li Yue immediately thought of a certain Mondstadt bomber. So that runaway sun had gone to Gazing Star Cliff to test explosives? After all, she was a genius who was incredibly skilled at making bombs. Since Jean's ban prevented her from making bombs in Mondstadt City, it was entirely possible that she had gone outside to make them.

"What is it, Li Yue? Do you know what happened?"

Seeing Li Yue deep in thought, Paimon looked at him expectantly.

"Unfortunately, I don't."

Li Yue shook his head. He did not intend to interfere with the story of Blondie meeting the little bomber. Looking after children gave him headaches, and there were some things he needed to hold back on.

Although Nahida was also a child, she was already five hundred years old. Besides, he could raise her without restraint. His goal was to lead her astray, not raise her properly. Therefore, raising Nahida and raising Klee were fundamentally different.

"Okay. I thought you might know something, Li Yue."

Paimon spread her little hands and looked helplessly at Lumine.

"Looks like the two of us will have to investigate the scene ourselves."

Blondie nodded indifferently.

"Then I wish you all the best!"

After chatting for a few more moments, they parted ways. Li Yue took Nahida into the city, while Lumine took Paimon out of it. Li Yue never once considered that the disturbance Lumine was investigating had been caused when he taught Nahida earlier.

After all, he had merely controlled the Wood Person to lightly punch Gazing Star Cliff. How could that possibly cause an explosion?

With that thought in mind, Li Yue brought Nahida back to the hotel, opened the Chat Group, and called Miss Kasumigaoka.

Meme Lord: Senpai, are you there?

Ten seconds later, Miss Kasumigaoka replied.

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: What is it?

Meme Lord: Didn't you help Venti buy some fruit beer? He climbed through my window early this morning to ask whether the alcohol had arrived. If it has, could you send it over in a red packet? He can't wait any longer.

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: ...

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: Wait a moment.

It looked like it had arrived.

Li Yue did not have to wait long before receiving a red packet. After opening it, he discovered that besides the fruit beer for Venti, there was also a whole stack of physics textbooks.

"Nahida, your textbooks are here."

Hearing Li Yue, Nahida sprang up from where she stood and hurried over to his side.

"Li Yue, my books are here?"

"That's right. Here you go."

Li Yue raised a hand, and a stack of books appeared out of thin air. He held them up and placed them on the table.

"These are introductory physics textbooks from Kasumigaoka's world. You can read them slowly in numerical order."

"Knowledge from another world. This is wonderful."

Nahida plopped down on a chair and began flipping through the textbooks. Her two little feet dangled in the air and swung happily.

"This is Venti's alcohol. If Venti comes looking for me after he returns, just give it to him."

Li Yue placed Venti's case of fruit beer beside the table and instructed Nahida.

"Hmm?"

Nahida raised her head and looked at Li Yue in confusion.

"Are you going out, Li Yue?"

"Yes, I'm going to Kasumigaoka's world."

"Then could you please thank Miss Kasumigaoka for me, Li Yue? I want to thank her for helping me buy these textbooks."

Nahida did not ask why Li Yue was not taking her with him. Instead, she asked him to convey her thanks. Besides, she could not wait to embrace this knowledge from another world!

"No problem!"

Li Yue gave Nahida an OK sign, then opened the Chat Group again.

Meme Lord: Senpai, are you wearing clothes right now?

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: ?

Kasumigaoka, who was in her apartment, instantly had a question mark appear over her head.

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: Pervert, speak properly!

Meme Lord: Can I go over to your place now?

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: What are you coming over for this time? Didn't I already send you the things?

Meme Lord: Of course I'm going there to have fun. Nothing much is happening in Teyvat right now, so I'm going to find some entertainment!

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: ...

So you wanted to come over and make me your entertainment?

Meme Lord: All right, I already asked in advance as you requested, Senpai. And it looks like you're wearing clothes too.

Could you stop saying "wearing clothes"? You're making it sound like I'm some pervert who usually doesn't wear any.

A vein popped on Kasumigaoka's forehead.

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: Fine, you can come over.

Meme Lord: Then I'm coming in.

Can you speak properly for once?!

62. Blondie Passing By Downstairs

Tokyo. Li Yue arrived in the world of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend once again. The Portal still opened inside Kasumigaoka's apartment, making Li Yue suspect that his teleportation point had been fixed here.

It was convenient for the sort of developments usually reserved for harem light novel protagonists, but honestly, it was also inconvenient. If Li Yue wanted to sneak over, Kasumigaoka could easily catch him.

As for why Li Yue wanted to sneak over, naturally, it was because he wanted to do something that was inconvenient for Kasumigaoka to know about!

"Oh, my dear senpai, seeing you again fills me with such joy!"

Li Yue stepped out of the Portal, spread his arms, and expressed his delight with exaggerated enthusiasm.

Kasumigaoka sat in her work chair with her right leg crossed over her left. The toes of her black-stockinged foot tilted upward slightly. With her arms folded across her chest, she leaned back a little and stared at Li Yue as he struck his dramatic pose.

To be fair, joining the Chat Group had been an incredibly strange experience for Kasumigaoka.

That was right, an experience!

Joining the Chat Group had allowed Kasumigaoka to learn about one possible version of her future. She regarded the future Li Yue provided as merely a possible future, because it was no longer one she would experience. She was also full of curiosity about the Chat Group and yearned for the cultures and scenery of other worlds.

Up to that point, her life in the Chat Group could be considered a fairly pleasant experience. That was until Li Yue, the fellow who was constantly hopping around and streaming in the group, appeared in her world. From then on, her definition of the Chat Group changed into an encounter.

Without her knowing anything about it, Li Yue first appeared in her world and immediately made Akise Tomoya and the others see her as a fallen girl. Then she became a high school girl keeping a male host. That would have been one thing, but Li Yue suddenly appeared again not long afterward, even directly inside her apartment.

Although she had been wearing a yukata at the time and Li Yue had not actually seen anything, the exposed area had been smaller than what was shown in the memory files about her in the Chat Group. Still, that did not stop her from feeling annoyed, which was why she had kicked Li Yue at the time. In the end, though, she was the one who lost out from that kick.

Therefore, someone like Li Yue, who could freely enter and leave other people's worlds and never acted according to common sense, truly gave her a headache. She had no way to restrain him, you know? She was merely a weak and helpless ordinary person, nothing like the other two people in the group who could destroy heaven and earth in seconds. Calling the police would not help either. In that situation, who knew when Li Yue might have another sudden impulse and come up with some bizarre stunt to add another black mark to her history?

So, she really wanted to know what Li Yue intended to do this time.

"So, Pervert, what kind of entertainment are you looking for by coming to my world this time?"

"Don't worry, my dear senpai. I'm not here for you this time, so you don't need to worry."

Li Yue's face was full of righteousness.

"Not here for me?"

Kasumigaoka narrowed her eyes.

"In other words, you're going to find Eriri?"

"Huh?"

Li Yue's eyes widened slightly in surprise.

"How did you know?"

"Heh."

Kasumigaoka smiled confidently.

"After watching those memories of yours and considering your previous behavior, I can conclude that while you are someone who seeks entertainment, you definitely seek it from people you find interesting. Other than me, among the people you know in this world, the only one you would find interesting is that Golden Retriever Loser."

"As expected of you, senpai."

"Because she really is quite fun. If it were me, I'd tease her too."

"..."

So you were a Meme Lord too!

Li Yue gave Kasumigaoka a look of approval.